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Htjr *■“" ■' J *~ _*J-* J.:v/'Tr?.^T.~X'~rra , TUB CONSTITUTIONALIST. JAM E S G A KUNER, JR. TSBIHS, Daily, per annurrf..... j. i ..... I ..$8 'OO Tri-Weekly, per annum 6 ( D 0 ts paid in advance 1:..... I 00 Weekly, per annum .3 00 Jf paid in advance 2 50 To Clubs, remitting $lO in advance, TINE COPIES arc sent. This will put our Weekly pa per in the reach of new subscribers at TWO DOLLARS A YE Alt. who will pay up arrearages, and send four new subscribers, with the money, can get the paper at 52 00. new subscriptions must be paid in s.d --▼ ance. (PJ’Postage must be paid on all communications and letter* of business. [Prom the iV. O. Commercial Tim**. Sept. 9.] MEXICO. HOLL AND INTERESTING DETAILS OF THE NEWS BY THE MARY KINGS LAND. It appear* from the letter of our correspondent that the proposition for an Armistice was made i by General Scott, through the intervention of •the British Minister. The following is the cor .• rcspondence onthe subject, between General Scott and S. nor Alccrta, Minister of War and Marine, which wc‘translate from El Arco Iris of the let instant: Last News from the Capital. MEXICO, August 22, 1847. As the nation is anxiously awaiting to hear of the result of the now existing war, particularly .os "the American troops are stationed in the -neighborhood of the Capital, the Government believed to be a duty incumbent on them, to adopt a system of publicity, in order that the whole Republic may be informed of the events that are happening. In consequence, we hasten to print-the official notice given by the Chief ©f the enemy’s army te the supreme Government, soliciting an arm istice; and the reply that has been made. The nation may be assured that the Supreme Government has at heart, and ever will have, its high and important duties which it will nev er lose sight of; and as the entire country is in terested in this serious affair, it is desirous, that the people should be informed of all that occurs, since theirs is the negotiation now pen ding. MINISTER OF WAR AND MARINE. Head Quarters of the Army of the U. S. <f America. COYOACAN, August 21, IS 17. To kis Excellency the President of the Mex i can Republic and General in Chief of its Armies; “Too much blood has been spilt already in the war that exists, and which could not have been expected between the two groat Republics of our Continent. It is time that the quarrel which separates them should be settled in an amicable and honorable manner; and as your Excellency is aware, that there exists in the army under ray command, an Envoy appointed * by the Government of the United States, and that he is invested with full powers, I agree to r sign an armistice of short duration and on equitable terms, in order that the two Repub lics may commence negotiations. I shall wait with impatience until the day following the date of the present note, for an answer: but in the meanwhile I shall take pos session of those places outside of the Capital which I shall require for the shelter and com fort of ray troops. I have the honor to he, with the highest con sideration and profoundest respect, your Ex cellency’s most obedient servant, WINFIELD SCOTT. This is a copy of his translation, Manuel M. d« Sandoval. ' Mexico, Augustjll, 1817. ' MINISTRY OF WAR AND MARINE. Place of Operations. To his Excellency General Winfield Scott, Commander-in-Chics of the Army of the U. S. of America: Sir: The undersigned, Minister of War and Marine of the Government of the U. S. of Mexi co, has received orders from his Excellency, the President and General-in-Chief, to reply to the letter of your Excellency, in which you propose an armistice, for the purpose of stop ping any further efusion of blood between the two great Republics of this Continent, and giving a hearing to the proposal which may be made by the Envoy of his Excellency, tha President of the U. S. of America, actually present at the Head Quarters of your Army. It is indeed lament able, that for want of pay ing due attention to the rights of the Mexican Republic, so much blood should, inevitably, have been spilt between two of the first Re publics of this Continent, and it is with much reason that your Excellency qualifies this war as an unnatural one; not only on account of Its motives, but likewise, if we consider the pre cedents of the two nations, which are so per fectly linked in interest and intercourse. The proposal of an armistice which will terminate this scandal, has been admitted with pleasure by his Excellency, the President and General in-Chief, since it will facilitate the hearing of the proposals for terminating decorously this war, to be made by the Envoy of the President of the U. S. of America. Inconsequence, his Excellency, the Presi dent and General-in-Chief, orders mo to an nounce to your Excellent 5% that he admits ol the proposal of an armistice j and for that pur pose has appointed the General of Brigade, Don Ignacio Mora y Villamil and Don Benito Quijano who will present themselves at the hour and place appointed by you. His Excellency, the President and General in-Chief, likewise orders me to inform you this; he admits of the American array’s taken posses sion of comfortable and furnished quart us;hop ing, however, that these will be out of the range of the Mexican fortifications. I have the honor to be, with the highest con sideration and respect, your Excellency's most obedient servant, t ALCERTA. This is a copy, M anuel Maria de Sandoval. Mexico, August 21, 1847. | Correspondent of the. Times.\ YERA CRUZ, August 31st, 1847. Gentlemen —The British Courier is in and brings letters to the 29th instant, with intelli gence that at last, negotiations for peace have been commenced, and are carried forward in e irncst, the Commissioners-having met for that purpose, in a village hear the city of Mexico, called San Juanico. Bjut let us commence at the beginning or rather at the point where I left off in* my last letter. On the 20th instant, General Scott turned’ the enemy’s Hank and advanced by the left to the village of Tlalpan (or as it is called, San Augustin, de las Cuevas A about ten or twelve miles South of the city of Mexico. Valencia, with about nine thousand troops taking a position at a village half way between the city and the American army. During the night, Valencia amused himself by firing a good deal of artillery, but without any serious inconvenience to the Americans, who again turned his position and attacked him with the bayonet alone. In twenty-five minutes Valencia’s force was scattered to the winds with a great loss of infantry, and twenty-two pieces of artillery* The cavalry suffered but little, from the fact of having taken to their heels as soon as the first gun was fired. Valencia was more than half drunk, and had spent the early part of the night in alternate freaks of good and had humor; in one minute cursing, and in the next promoting his officers, and dispensing commissions on every hand. Santa Anna seemed to be fearful of some ac cident, and at one tipie sent an aid to caution i him against the probable intentions of General Scott, but old Valencia told, the messenger to “go to (“va al carrajof )he could “take care of his own division without Santa Anna’s J assistance,” &c. Whenever any one of his of ficers would brrng him a report of the movements I of the Americans, he would drive them from him with curses of “cowardice,” aud the worst epithets in the vocabulary of Spanish black guardism. To this fact is to be attributed, in a great measure, the quick destruction of his force, as he was utterly unprepared when the attack was made. After having thus disposed of Valencia’s divison, Scott lost no time in turning upon Santa Anna, who was close in the neighborhood; but had been unable to reach the ground in time to save or to assist Valencia. Here the Americans were enabled to use their artil lery to some advantage, and it was well they could do so, for Santa Anna’s force was im mense. The battle now raged, with great car nage, for two hours, when it terminated in the complete route of the Mexican army, the re mains of which,in the utmost confusion, sought refuge in the city. General Scott dl l not see proper to advance, and consequently took up his position at Ta cubaya, but had he pushed forward, lam as sured that he could have taken possession of the city without meeting the slightest resis tance. He was probably guided by the poli cy of not driving the Mexicans to despair, for * he could hardly be ignorant of the fact. The loss on the Mexican side is'variously es ; timated at numbers between one and four thousand killed, and six to ten thousand I wounded and taken prisoners. Amongst our 1 prisoners taken is the company of foreigners which deserted some time ago, under Captain Riley'. General -Scott immediately ordered a court martial to be convened for their trail, I and it is probable that most of the company will be shot. Generals Salas, Anaya, and Rincon, arc among our prisoners. Our loss is as variously estimated as that of the Mexicans. 'Some say it is one hundred only, while others make it over a thousand, killed. One officer, of whom I know nothing, writes to a friend here, that he himself saw a thousand corpses buried. I think some of the thousand must have been Mexicans. — Amongst our killed. I am sorry’ to say’ arc eighteen officers, amongst whom are Colonel Burnet, of Ntrw York, Colonel Butler, Captain ■ Thornton, (Vdrose captured, y r ou remember, ! commenced the war,) and Captain Johnson. 1 General Scott is said to have acted with great magnanimity towards the flying enemy, and gave especial orders to deal as lightly' as pos ; sible with the NationalGuard,a corps composed of the most respectably citizens, and he proba bly thought it a pity to injure so handsome and so harmless a body'of men. During the day aud night of the 21st, the streets of the city' are represented as present- I ! ing the most pitiable scenes that the imagina tion could picture: crowded with wagon loads of the wounded and dying, and resound -1 ing with the cries of women and children. — God forgive those who have been the cause of this suffering: I feel that I never shall. Santa Anna had hardly reached the city 1 when he despatched a flag of truce to Gen. ’ , Scott, with proposals for a temporary suspen sion of hostilities,and the appointment of Com- I missioners to agree upon terms of an armistice, during which negotiations for peace might be j opened. To this Gen. Scott assented, and | sent out Generals Quitman, Persifor F. Smith, ! and Pierce, as his Commissioners, who were met by Generals Mora y Villamil, and Benito Quijana, on the part of Santa Anna. | These gentlemen finished their labors on ; the night of the 23d, aud produced an agree -1 ment of sixteen articles, herewith enclosed, arranging an armistice, on terms fully as fa vorable as the Mexicans had any right to ex ’ | pect. I have no time How to offer any' com * ments on the document, but I must say there | are one or two articles that I wish had been omitted or erased. In accordance with the object of the armis ’ tice, Santa Anna appointed four Commissioners to meet the American Commissioners and pro -1 j ceeded to negotiate. The persons appointed are Generals Herrera, (the old President) and ' Mora y Villamil, and two lawyers, Senores * C'outo, and Atristain. Os these, Herrera is 5 well known, and his name requires no remarks. ’ Mora y Villamil is a creature of Santa Anna’s. ’ a man of but little talent, and will be guided ,by the others to a great extent. Couto is a Judge, I believe, in the Supreme Court of Ju -1 dicaturc, but nothing is known of him here.— ’ Atristain, is also a lawyer, and a man of talent. He is a strong friend to English interests, 1 i and in favor of peace as sincarcly as Herrera. The terms of the propositions borne by Mr. ? 1 Trist are yet a secret. It is to be hoped that they' are such as Herrera can conscientiously ’ | accept, and that thinking Mexicans will re- L ' 1 ceive. But there is yet much trouble in the pros- B ! pect. lam afraid that some of the States will ‘ | secede, and new Governments swarm around 1 us, hostile to a settlement of our difficulties * 1 on any reasonable grounds. Already there are tw*o pronunciamentos promulgated, one by Valencia at Toluco, whore ; he fled the day' of his defeat. Another by £ ■ Paredes, who had gathered a few hundreds of the discontented around him at Atlisco, and i a third by Francisco Rebaud, commandant of ’ the port of Mazatlan, who had declared him e self independent of the whole Republic. His object, however, is only that of a robber, and 1 a small force will dispossess him, I fancy, in . the course of a few months, or probably' as soon as he has acquired a few hundred thousand . dollars, he will abdicate. This Richard is well 3 known in New Orleans, where he resided for some time a few years ago, during which he fought two duels with Sentmanat. t I forgot to say any thing of the respective ' forces of the two armies at the battles of the 21st, and I will now add that I have the high est authority for placing our troops—that day jin the field —at seven thousand men, Santa | Anna and Valencia had not a man less than ' thirty thousand. General Worth, in a letter I to a friend here, say's thirty two thousand, and I believe him to be correct, if not below the > mark. 1 The steamer Maty King stand is ordered to b be held in readiness to take General Scott’s , despatches, which may arrive to-night or not within the next three days. The propeller * ship Masschusetts will start to-morrow morn : ing, and by her I shall send this unless the Generals express should get in during the night 5- Very respectfully yours, Indicator. YERA CRUZ, September 1,1847. ! Ge?Ulemcn. —In my hurried letter of yes-ter , day, I omitted a number of the details, and l some of a rather important character, and also gave a series of dates which I am now con vinced are wrong by twenty-four hours, the f 20th receiving the 19th; and 21st, the 20th, ; &e.- , The battle certainly commenced, as we first 1 heard, on the 19th. General Smith attacked i an advanced body of some six or seven thou* s sand Mexicans, on the morning of the 20th; at’ » . day*break> and defeated it with a, loss of but ; f«laymen on, his side, tuning three thousand prisoners, twenty pieces of artillery, and kill- | ing some six or seven hundred. Generals .Pillow and Twiggs at the same time advanced upon the road to San Angel and Cqyucan, sp as to reach the rear of the; Mexican position, in the neighborhood of which General Worth soon arrived by another route. General Shields, in the meantime, at tacked and routed a body stationed at a ha cienda near Tacubaya. . . ... The Mexicans, driven, of rather leaving without much driving, the positions which ; they had occupied,, concentrated their forces at a place called, I believed’ Chavahus'co,where they had three strong fortifications ejected.— From these they were successively dislodged, and the troops in the plain completely route 1 after an fiction, as I have stated, of two hours. Santa,Anna retreated through the city of I Mexico to Guadaloupe, under the natural im pression that Gen. Scott would immediately take possession of the city, and desirous to put his valuable person in a safe place.’ Gen. Worth encamped that night within ! five miles of the city, but the next day tiled otfto Tacubaya, where h<? was joined by the j ; main body of the army under General Scott. The Armistice creates great dissatisfaction in our army, particularly as it is misunder | stood to have been the voluntary proposition of General Scott. The facts seem to be these: Santa Anna saw the necessity of procuring a ■ suspension of hostilities, but dared make no proposition. The British Minister c.onscquent j ly took upon himself the office of inducing I Gen. Scott to write the desired proposal, j which, with some apparent reluctance, and much insolence, the Minister Alcorta received i and answered, agreeing to send two commis- I sioners to conclude the armistice, who were I forthwith appointed. The letters of General Scott and Alcorta I send you iu Spanish, as I have not time to translate them. To increase the ill feeling with which the | armistice was regarded, some of our wagon’s ! which were sent into the city on the 28th, in accordance with agreement, for provisions, were attacked, and driven back without goods; and upon returning the next day, with orders from the Mexican authorities to free them from molestation, the mob attacked them in the streets, and killed five or six of the team sters and escort. We learn that Major Lally is in Jalapa, where he has been joined by Capt. Walker, whose depredations are said to have been of e character that would have done honor to Ja rauta. I have heard nothing of Besancon or Hen derson’s detachments. Very respectfully, yours, Inuxcador. VERA CRUZ. Sept. 1, 1847. Gentlemen —Since writing you this day at 12 o’clock, I have learned that it is the inten tion of the Mexicans to fall back to Gualda hona, and there continue this war on a guer rilla plan, headed by Gen. Paredes. It is re ported that Gen. Santa Anna has been pro- I nounced a traitor by Valencia and Paredes. We have nothing to do but take the whole coun ! ° i try from them. • The U. S. ship American this morning fired ; a salute of twenty-one guns in honor of the | victory. You will perceive that my former iuforma ! tion was correct. Yoiirs, in haste; b. r. s. [ Fro?)i the st.] SANTA ANNA’S IVIANiFB STO, Os the Battles of August 19 ani 20. The following account of the battles of Cou ! treras and Chhrubiisco, although erroneous in many particulars, shows in a stronger light | than even the accounts of our own correspon i dent, the splen'hd and decided nature of the | late victories of Gen. Bcott. From the tenor | of this, the {hrtiost and most spbdu -I doc'u j meat which has been written during this war, by the self-complacent and boastful Mexican, it will be scim that Santa Anna still keeps up his old habit of shuffling t ic responsibility oil from his own upon the shoulders of art inferior offi *er. Gen. Valencia is the Scanc-goat of the battle of Chiirubirsca; as Minoii was of the battle of Buena V ista; ; Os the President rid interim of the It ■■ public , and j General-in-Chief of the Arm;/, lathe Nation. In such solemn and Critical moments a; , ; these, it is the duty of him who presides over : the destinies of the Nation tri give publicity ' to passing events; and it is with greater plea sure that I perform this duty, inasmuch as frankness has ever been the character of ray administration. The unfortunate events of the 19th and 20th, arc only too well known; and it only remains for me to present a review i of them in order that they may not be distort - , | ed, either by the spirit of detraction find malice, or by that error which arises from an insuffi cient analysis of affairs of the gravest and most serious nature. The Nation is aware of the great, the ert i traordinary efforts which I have made within the last three months for the defence of the Capital that was about to full defenceless into ; the hands of the enemy. I have formed, arm ed and equipped an army of more than 20,- 000 men; I have collected an immense amount ! of material for this army; have fortified vari : ous points in order to keep at a distance from Mexico the ravages of war; have created re sources in the midst of the insulation to which j the Government has been reduced, and no la j bor, no fatigue have I spared in order that my , i country might present itself with dignity aivl firmness in the struggle to which it had been . ! unjustly provoked. In war, a mere accident, apparently the most ■ I insignificant trifle, may frustrate the best form led combinations. A glance at the defences which I established around the city is enough I to discover the plan which I had proposed to ! myself. The forces which I had advanced by One flank were supported on the other, were suitably arranged in echelons, and had a con venient and well known ground left open for retreat. A certain General (Valencia) who was in command of a strong division, consist ing of 5000 men and 24 pieces of artillery, whose headquarters were in the village of San Angel, I ordered on the 18th, at 11 o’clock in the morning, to fall back to the village of Coy oncan, intending by this to concentrate the forces in order to meet the movements already ! exhibited by the enemy, and to develope promptly my plan of operations. But this General, forgetting that there cannot be two commanders-in-chiefs in the field of battle— forgetting that the execution of a plan will not admit of observations that render it nuga tory, permitted himself to object to the orders which he had received; and as obedience and discipline so essential in military matters had thus been banished from between us, it be came necessary, for the evading of greater evils which may be readily foreseen, to tolerate what to consent to would appear an absurdity, and thus, in spite of myself, I was forced to let him go on, charging him with all the re sponsibility of the result. As might have been expected, this result was fatal. He mov ed forward rnotu propria for more than a league to choose a position whence he could go out to meet the enemy, without informing me in the least, either of the movement or of his designs, j His refusal to comply with my directions was i the first notice that I had of has temerity; and immediately the explosion of cannon pointed out his position, and at the same time gave me to understand that he had engaged with the enemy.. Although oppressed with the pre sentiment of what was about to take place, I im- 1 mediately put myself at the head of a brilliant brigade of 4000 men and 5 pieces of artillery. I arrived at the moment when a considerable force of the enemy had gained the rear of the | unfortunate General’s position; and scarcely j could I check their operations because it was already near night. But I noted with the most profound grief that his position was an isolated one, that there was a large barranca between us, that the enemy occupied an intermediate wood, that thelorce of my immediate command could not advanee by the route left open without com promising themselves iu the same manner as the other had done, arid in short, it was only with a battery that arrived late upon the field that any thing could.be accomplished. The fire having ceased, our brigade took up its quarters in the adjoining village of San Angel, for the rain fell in such torrents that to have kept troops opt in the field would harve been as | much as to insure their defeat. , - i Before this, however, I directed my aid-de- 1 camp, Col. Ramiro, to go round the head of the terrible barranca that lay in front, and by i way of the skirt .of a distant hill, guided by 1 i the deputy, IX Jo’so Maria del Rio, who was ! well acquainted with the ground,, to hasten at I the top of his speed to the camp of the said Gen | eral rind , give him the most positive orders to spike his artillery, which it was no longer pos sible to save, and tp hill back that very night upon San Angel with his infantry and cavalry, by the only road that was left him. This ray aid-de-camp did, communicating my orders between 10 and 11 o’clock at; night;' .but in stead of yielding implicit obedience, the said General would hardly allow ray Aid.to speak, interrupting him with his wants, which were 6000 men and munitions; and finally ho sent him away with two official reports, signed and i sealed, in one of whic h he states, that on the I previous evening he had beaten the enemy— ! putting him to a shameful flight, and that, in j consequence, ho had granted promotion to ! generals, chiefs and officers. On the following morning I again appeared j in the same field, reinforced by a brigade, which j I had ordered from the Capital, with the de- I sign of forcing the Pass at every hazard; but I when I was commencing my operations the enemy made their attack. It lasted ten min i utes; and I witnessed, in the midst of despair, ; the defeat of those soldiers deserving of a bet ter fate, who were unfortunately commanded by a General who had cut himself off from as i sistance. The consequence of this defeat were to me terrible: the enemy, by a rapid movement, could now arrive at the Capital before it could possibly be succored: he could, by a flank movement, cut off my detachments: he could, from the result of his victory, bring the whole mass of his forces to bear upon a part of mine ; and, in fine, from the insubordination and want of skill of a single general, he turned to his own account all the advantages of my po sition. The strong advance work of San Antonio could not be defended because our line had been cut; and I directed that the garrison should withdraw while I was covering the fort and tete de pant of Churubusco. The enemy advanced, and, cutting off a part of the troops that were in retreat, presented himself in front of our most advanced entrenchments. Here I again put myself at the head of our soldiers, and my efforts cost the enemy the loss of no little blood. Our losses, although lamentable, were the natural consequences of a sudden re treat, occasioned by the surprise, and embar rassed by the trains which were passing along the narrow causeway, flanked throughout its whole extent. The defence was from line to line. Until arriving at the third line where I, in person, checked the enemy, and thus sav ed the Capital, which had been so unexpect edly expose Ito danger. While I was oc cupying myself dii the 22d, with the re organization of the forces and the manning of the batteries again, pcrsoil illy at the head of a column which could defeii I the Capital to the last extreme, I received a communication ! from the general-in-chief of the enemy, pro j posing tome an armistice that might give time i to take into consideration the propositions • wh’ch the Commissioner on the part of the j Government of the' United States of America may make with the view of terminating the | contest between the two nations. I consent ed; and after consulting with nay cabinet, I 1 have resolved that the said propositions shall ! be taken into consideration. I The suspension of hostilities must always be i regarded as a good, because war is always an evil, and especially so when great combinations I have been frustrated. To free the Capital from i its horrors, or at least to delay them, was an i exigency which it was not lawful for me to evade, and still more so when it presented it ; self as a means for the arriving at an honora , bleneace. I When two nation’s are at war they enjoy the reciprocal right of making propositions, and ; this supposes the obligation to entertain these 1 propositions. A perpetual war is an absurdi : ty, for it is a calamity; and the instinct of self preservation, still stronger and more powerful | in nations than in individuals, counsels that no means should be left untried that may con | duce to an advantageous agreement. For the adoption of this course, the Constitution has given me the competent authority. Consecrated to these noble and privileged interests,it is incumbent upon me to maintain, at every peril, the prestige and respect of the supreme authority which I exercise, and at this time especially, when, if persecuted by factions and assailed in the freedom of deliber ating, it might fall into a nullity in the pres ; ence of the enemies of the nation. I will be still more explicit : subversion and sedition shall be exemplarily punished. I preserve a respectable body of troops, and the nation will aid me in the maintenance of its decorum and the vindication of its glory. I consider myself as free as if I had j ust gain ed a signal victory; and there is no fear that the negotiations of the enemy may impose upon me unless I am surprised by their troops and artillery. We shall compose our differences if our honor has been first saved; and we will even fight again if the sword should be inter- 1 posed between our justice and the acknowledg ment of the rights of the nation. [Signed] Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. Mexico, Aug. 23,1847. The Killed, Wounded and IVSissing*. The following mournful list shows at what "j immense sacrifice the late glorious victories of Gen. Scott have been achieved. No less than 1017 of orir brave soldiers were killed or wounded on these Moody fields. Among them are some of our best officers, who in their I eagerness to gain laurels and incite their men to deeds of prowess, have exposed their per sons to constant peril and injury. It is how ever a source of some alleviation to the public grief, to observe that the proportion of killed to the wounded is smaller in these late severe engagements than in our previous battles.— We observe, however, that many of the wound- | ed are severely so, and the number of deaths of those wounded, from the nature of the arms mostly used by the Mexicans,(heavy artillery,) must be very great. In another column we give some particular notices of the principal officers among the kill ed and wounded. First Division. [We have not room for tire Ust of all the killed and wounded, arid must be content to publish the commissioned officers-only. The list of killed and wounded in the South Caro lina Regiment, are given in full.— Ed. Con.] ! Return of the Killed, Wounded and Missing; in the i First Ihvision, commanded by Maj. Gen. Worth. Recapitulation. —Killed, Commissioned Offi cers, none; Non-Commissioned do. 5; Musi cians and Privates, 32. Wounded, Commis sioned Officers, 13; Non-Commissioned do. 41; j Privates, &c., 235. Missing, Privates, 10.— 1 Aggregate, 333. Second Division-—*Gen. Twiggs. Retw nos the Killed, Wounded and Missing of the Ist Brigade,%i Division, in the actions of the 1 9th and 20/.', Aug., 1817, at Contreras and Ckuruhusco. Killed —Cant. E. A. Capron, co. B, Ist art.; Capt. N. J. Burke, co. D, Ist art.; 2d Lieut. S. Hoffman, co. F, Ist art. Wounded —Capt. J. S. Hathaway, co. 11, Ist art. slightly; Capt. L. S. Craig, co. A, 3d inf., severely; Capt. D. T. Chandler, co. I, 3d inf.; Ist Lieut, and Adj. Don Carlos Buell, staff, 3d inf., severely? Ist Lieut. M. E. Van Buren, co. K, M. Rifles, slightly. Recapitulation. — Killed —Rifles, 4; Ist Artil lery, 10; 3d Infantry, 5—19. Wounded —Ri- -1 lies, 10; Ist Ar., 16; 3d Inf*, 28—54. Missing —Rifles, 3,' Ist Art., 1; 3d Inf., B—l 2. Total, | 85. Second Brigade, 4ni Artillery. — Wounded —2d Lieut. Col lins, co. C, severely. 2d Infantry.-* ■Killed —Capt. Jas. W. An derson, co. II; 2d Lieut. Thos. Easly, co. K. Wounded —Capt. Jos. R, Smith, co. B, se verely—twice; Capt. A. W. Wessels, co. G, slightly; Ist Lieut. J. Hayden, A. I). C., slight ly; Ist Lieut. B. P. Tildcn, co. G, slightly— twice; Ist Lieut. C. S. Lovell, co. E, slightly —twied 7th Infantry — Killed —Capt. Charles Han son, co. E. Wounded —Capt. K. 31. Ross, co. D, severely; Ist Lieut. C. 11. Humber, co. B. Total in Second wound el, 126; missing, 4. Engineer Company— | Wounded 4; missing 4. Total, 158. ! Company K, 1.5/ Art. — 1 Light Battery 2d Division Severely Wounded-r- Ist. Lieut. J. G. Martin, 2d Lieut. Edward C. Boy ton. Total—Hilled, 2; wounded 23. 15 horses killed or totally disabled; 3 severely and 5 slightly wounded. Third Divinon—Gen* Pillow Return of killed , wounded and missing in the ac tions of the 19 fh and 20-7 t August, 1847, near the City of Mexico, of the ls£ Brigade , 3d Di vision, commanded by Brig. Gen. Pierce. 9th Regiment Infantry, Col. T. B. Ran son — Wounded Severely —Lt. W. N. Newman, I Lt. A. F. Palmer, Lt. Cranum. 12th Infantry, Lt. Col. M. L. Bonha^. — I Wounded Slightly —Capt. N. B. lloMcri, 2d Lt | Jno. C. Limpkins. 15tii Infantry, Col. G. W. Morgan. — Killed —Lt. John D. Goodman. Wounded i Mortally—Capt. Augustus Quarels, Lt. Win. 11. 11. Goodloe. Wounded Severe!} —Col. G. W. Morgan. .Wounded Slightly—Lts. Chas. Peterneil, J. R. Benncll. Recapitulation. Commissioned Officers : Killed 1; wounded, 11; missing I. Non-com missioned Officers and Privates : Killed, 11; wounded, 124; missing, 10.—Total, 158. Second Brigade. Rocket and Howitzer Battery, Lt. F. D. Callender. —Wounded Ist Lt. F. D. Callender. | South Carolina Regiment, Col. P. M. Butler. — Field and Staff. —Killed Col. P. M. Butler. Wounded Severely—Lt. Col. Dick inson. Wounded Slightly—Capt. James D. Blanding, Ad’t. Jis.. Cantey. Company A. —Killed—Captain C. Wilder. Wounded MortaTy—Thomas Black. Wound ed Severely—2d Ls. S. Sumter, Corp’l. W. T. Norton, Privates B. Caughmah, J. M. Smith. Wounded Slightly—C. H. Moody, E. Hunt, Jas. Dunn. Comping B. —Killed—Private W. R. Davis. Wounded Severely—Corp’l. E. C. Postell, Privates Thos. Charles, D. McHenry, Jas. Young, Jas. Fan sett. Wounded Slightly— Serg’t. G. W. Curtis, Corp’l. A. J. Hood, Pri vates T. Cahill, J. Connor, T. E. Dallas, T. O. Estes, J. M. Hood, T. Robbins, S. Terrell. Company C. —Killed Private ITitton, — Wounded Severely—2d. Lt. R. S. Billings, Serg’ts. Gay, George Waters; Corp Ts. Gaston, Horton; Privates Bradley, Hunter, Meggs. Str itton, Sid well, Yillipigue. Wounded Slightly—Capt. R. S. Moffatt, Privates Bal -1 ml, Wooten, Humphreys, Comping I). —Killed —2d Lt. David Adams, Private Thos. F. Tillman. Wounded severe ly—2d Lieut. Joseph Abney, Corp’l. AY. B. Brooks, Privates Jas. Joss, J. Whittaker. J. j. Addison, F. Posey, R. J. Key, W. F. Un thank. Wounded Slightly—Privates J. Lark, E. Link ins, R. Sloman, Company F.— Wounded Severely—Serg’ts. J. D. Walker, J. N. Hicks; Corp’l. J. McCol lum, Privates Carson, Hartman, Murken, Va lentino, Gilbert, Mackey, Pratt, Weatherby, Vanney, Wagner. Wounded Slightly—CorpT. J. F. Quinn, Privates Miott, Wright. Company G. —Wounded Severely—lst Lt. j J. 11. Clark, Ser’t. Row, CorpT. MeCrcight, Privates M. Harper, T. 11. Reynolds, J. Mc- Niel, J. Cain, W. B. MeCreight, M. B. Travis, M. B. Stanley, R. J. Barber, R. J. Gladney, S. Alexander, Wm. Nelson. Wounded Slight ly—2d Lts. J. W. Steen, J. R. Davis, CorpT. Myers, Privates S. F. Bone, S. Camak, S. New man, W. J. Sanders, W. M. Goodlct, J. Rorn edy. Company IT. Killed Privates Timothy Kelly, Shedrick Wiggins. Wounded Severe ly—Privates J. Kennedy, Wm. Mooney, R. H. Corlv, W. S. Johnson, AY. F. Purse; W. Dco lin, T. Price, E. Price, J. B. Cantwell, R. Waddell, J. F. Watts, AY. Barkclow.— AVounded Slightly —Capt. AY. D. Desaussure, Serg’ts. 11. Beard, J. L. Percival, J. M. Miller, T. Beggs; Privates M. Brown, H. J. Caugh man, J. Campbell, J. T. Lupe, E. G. Ran dolph, J. D. Standford, D. Pollock. Company K. —Killed —2d Lt. W. R, AVil liams, Private John Slattery. AA r ounded Mortally—Privates Bernard Gregan, J. Baugh j man. Wounded Slightly—CorpT. AY. B* Eaves. Company L. —Killed —Serg’t. Jas. Denson. AVounded Severely—CorpT. J. A. Speers, Privates AY. Shephard, C. Wood, M. B. O- Ncale, G. H. Abney, M. Clopton. AVounded Slightlv—Privates B. 11. Maitis, J. AYarner. Total, 137. Fourth Division—Gen. Quitman; Report of the killed and wounded in the Ist Regi ment V. S. Volunteers of New York. Col. AVard B. Burnett, severely wounded. Co. E. —Killed —Lt. E. Chandler. Co* G —AA’ounded—lst Lt. Chas. H. Lmis, slightly. 1 Co. H. —AA’ounded —2d Lt. Jacob Griffin, jun., slightly. Co. /.—Wounded —Capt. Morton Fairchild, slightly; 2d Lt. James D. Porter, severely. Co. K. —AVounded —Capt. G. Dickman, se verely; Ist Lt. Jas. S. McCabe, slightly; 2d Lt. Malowhousky, do. Killed —Commissioned offices, 1; non-com missioned, 4; privates 11. AVounded —com- missioned officers, 9; non-commissioned 9; pri ' vates, 68. Missing —1 private. Total, 103.. Dragoons attached to the Head Quarters of Gen. Scott. Capt. Thornton, co. F. 2d Dragoons, killed; Lieut. Graham, wounded. Col. Pierce TtL Butler. The death of this gallant South Carolinian, the representative on the bloody field of Chur ubasco, of as noble a race of horoes as. any country has produced, will create a profound and extended sorrow in this country.* He has been for a long time a conspicious and promi hent citizen of South Carolina, and was noted for his great resolution and indomitable cour age. He possessed military qualities of the highest order, and gave promise of great suc cess -and distinction in a career which, alas! ter ~ —^^sseamrizzanszzsEsya. 'i£zrsrs* urinated at its very commencement. Col. Butler had been very ill for several days previ ous to the battle, but when he heard that the 1 almetto flag was going into the fight; unac companied by him to whose special charge it had been committed, he broke loose from his physicians, abandoned his sick couch, and weak, ghastly, and almost fainting, mounted his charger, and placed himself at the head of his regiment. AVith such an example, men far less ardent and gallant than the South Caro linian would have been prompted to deeds of superhuman daring. But there was no such incitement necessary to impel the sons of tho ‘’Harry Hotspur of the Union,” as Prentiss once styled the gallant Palmetto State, to the most brilliant and conspicuous display of mili tary qualities. Their services are fully noted in another part of our paper. Col, Butler, through twice badly wounded and weighed down by faintness and loss of blood, maintain ed his position until a third wound caused his death. Lieut. Col. Dickinson, who was the first officer wounded at A'era Cruz, also signalized his valor on this occasion, and was again badly wound ed. " .i Ihe Cerro Gordo Division. —The heroes of Cerro Gordo, led by their noble old General,’ the white-haired veteran, Twiggs, won freshl laurels in both the battles of Contreras and Churubusco. The never-failing judgment o: this experienced and tried officer contributed largely to orir success on these occasions. The division which he commanded is one of the bravest which ever went into battle, and victory* has never failed to perch on its bairn r. Capt Soth B, Thornton. This iritreped dragoon officer, who was the first to begin this war, was, alas! the first to sacrifice his life in the late march of our army from Puebla. The circumstances of his death will be found fully detailed in the letters of our correspondents. Like Col. Butler, ho left a bed of sickness, to meet the foe, upon whom he warmly desired to avenge the treachery by which ho had been betrayed in tho commence - ment of this war. Iltf was killed by a cannon ball, iu a reconoissance, several days before the battle. AVc knew Seth Thornton well. lie wa# a companion and schoolmate of our early days, and a braver and more warm-h rarted soul never animated a human frame. He was born in Caroline county, Virginia, and at his death, was about thirty-three years of age. Young as he was. Iris life had been a checkered and eventful one. AYe doubt whether there is any man now living who has passed safely through so many and such imminent perils and trials as have marked the life of Capt. Thornton. Some years ago he was a passenger, when quite a youth, on the ill-fated Pulaski, and when that steamer took fire, he was nearly the last to leave her. AYhcn others thought only of saving their own lives, he thought only of saving the lives of the fair women and children on board. AYhcn all the passengers had been sent off in boats and on spars, Capt. Thornton, having first securely tied his body to a hen coop, threw himself into the sea. AY hi Ist in the water, he picked up several men, whom hri also succeeded in fastening to the coop, and thus they floated for many a long and weary hour, exposed to a burning sun, arid without a particle of food. One by one his companions dropped off, and perished in the sea. Thornton only remained; and at last, famished and re duced to a state of raving insanity, he was picked up by some boats and taken ashore.—* For along time his life was in.great danger from delirum and fever consequent upon his intense sufferings and exposure. But here covered, and the next time we hear of him is in the Florida war, where he passed through many extraordinary perils, and distinguished himself as a most gallant and active officer. In the boginn : i?g of this wgr, Capt. Thornton was selected by Gen. Tayloi fira very delicate and difficult duty, the full nature ari l results of which arc familiar to our readers. Loss sum mer, being ryaevc l from duty, he came home on a short visit, but as soon as he reached, Washington, earnestly entreated AVarD *part ment to allow him to take, th * Arid of active operations. His wish was gran to I, and he hur ried b ick to the scene of war, and eagerly*, sought an opportunity of distinguishing him self. Capt. Thornton, though ever in tlm front or danger, and reckless of all perils an I obstacles, was by no means physically a vigorous or* muscular man. On the contrary, he was of. small and delicate structure, and of weakly, constitution. But his bold and maul}* spirit made him always ready to dare every danger, and assume the most trying and perilous po sitions which could he pointed out to him. But alas! poor Scuth, he is gone —cutoff, not as his brave heart panted for, in the glorious conflict of arms, at the head of his bold Dra goons—lris bloody sabre flaming in tho sun beams, and the frighteried foe flying before his avenging arm —birt in a mere , recqnrioissance, by an accidental cannon shot, and when no’ enemy was in sight, his brave spirit wag loos ened from its mortal tenement; and thus he fell, noth his face to the foe. Peace to his manes— immortality to his memory. Peace! — Peace! I —AVc are informed that our contemporaries of La Patrla have late news from the City* of Mexico, to the effect that articles of peace had been signed by Mr. Trist and the Mexi can Commissioners. —A. O. Delta , 9 th inti. Gen. Scott was slight}' wounded at Chu rubusco. AYe arc happy to hear that the gal lant old General was so little troubled by his wound that he would not even acknowledge it until the battle was decided. — lb. 21 n 9 us ta, Georgia. WEDNESDAY WIDENING, SEPT. IS FOR GOVERNOR HON. G. W. TOWNS. OF T VLKOr. |Tcj~AVc received no p apers from New York by last evening’s mail. editorials and several communi cations are excluded to make room for the in teresting particulars which we copy, of the* late battles and their results. R- L. Gamble returned to out city last evening, in good health, and took lodgings at the Mansion House. Col. Towns and the State Road. A correspondent of the Atlanta Misreilanyt signing himself “L” gives currency to the fol lowing barefaced and unblushing falsehoods The. portion of his communication contain ing it is as follows “Col.. Towns is very- profuse in making pro mises in. relation to the State Road. A gentle man has just informed mis that the Col.'has pledg ed himself ter a few men in this part of the State if elected to oppose the extension of the road and to veto any and all bills passed for that purpose. I think this should be inquired into. If such is the fact , it will strike a death blow to the Road.- This is-a; sheer fabrication. It is made out of whole cloth. As soon as our eye lighted uppn it,we knew that it was Arise. From our personal knowledge of Col. Towns’ views on the subject*